Zali Steggall calls for an end to offshore gas exploration
Independent Federal MP Zali Steggall has called for an end to the PEP 11 permit for offshore gas exploration as community opposition to drilling offshore on the Central Coast continues…
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Dead whale stirs concerns over seismic activity
The Central Coast Dolphin Project has renewed its opposition to any further seismic testing off the coastline after a 4.5m dead adult whale washed ashore at North Entrance last week….
5@5 – this week’s video news wrap
This week’s ‘must know’ news stories in a compact audio/video format. This week; The rains arrive, MP tables parliamentary petition, Lake Macquarie seismic, Terrigal Lagoon pollution, funnel web spider record,…
Zali Steggall tables petition in parliament to ban coastal gas exploration
[Canberra] Zali Steggall MP (Independent) for Warringah tabled a petition to Federal Parliament at 1.44pm on Tuesday afternoon in opposition to the establishment of a petroleum industry off Central Coast,…
Parliament to receive popular coastal petition
[Canberra] A 57,000 strong petition from Save Our Coast against offshore exploration was delivered to Independent MP for Warringah Zali Steggall on Tuesday morning in Canberra. Representatives from the Central…
3D seismic testing cancelled
Community group Save Our Coast (SOC) has claimed a major win for the local community with the recent announcement that Advent Energy has withdrawn its application to conduct 3D seismic…
Senate Inquiry into seismic testing may end the practice
Community group Save Our Coast (Stop Seismic Testing), based in Newcastle, is “cautiously optimistic” that the Senate Inquiry into seismic testing will put an end to the practice off Central…
Petroleum Exploration Permit Allows Seismic Testing Off Coast
Three-dimensional (3D) seismic testing for natural gas deposits within a 500 square kilometre area off the Central Coast is likely to occur in 2020, and a $15m gas exploration well…
Seismic testing should be stopped until lax regulations are addressed
[Central Coast] The NSW Parliament has called on the Federal Government to suspend Asset Energy’s licence for any further offshore petroleum activity in the waters off the Central Coast until…
NSW Parliament calls for suspension of offshore petroleum activity
The NSW Parliament has called on the Federal Government to suspend the licence for Asset Energy’s proposed offshore petroleum activity in the waters off the Central Coast, until concerns raised…